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3.1. Acts and Omissions

3.1.1. French Law

3.1.2. German Law

3.1.3. English Law

Introductory Note
3.E.5. House of Lords, Smith v Littlewoods Organisation Ltd. vandals setting fire

@ 3.1.4. Greek and Danish Law (Additional Materials)

Introductory Note
3.GR.6. Areios Pagos 1891/1984. incubator without power
3.GR.7. Areios Pagos 81/1991. pesticide
3.DK.8. Høgesteretsdom, 27 October 1989, Dansk Eternit Fabrik v Möller. asbestos in the workplace

3.1.5. Comparative Overview

Liability for mere omissions
Failure to prevent the wrongdoing of a third party

3.2. Wrongfulness

3.2.1. Basic Notions

3.2.2. Unlawfulness

3.2.2.A. French Law

3.2.2.B. German Law

3.2.2.C. English Law

Introductory Note
3.E.15. House of Lords, Glasgow Corporation v Muir. scalded by hot tea
3.E.16. Queen's Bench Division, Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee. the fractured pelvis
3.E.17. Court of Appeal, Mansfield v Weetabix Ltd. lorry crashing into a shop

3.2.3. Culpability

3.2.3.A. French Law

3.2.3.B. German Law

3.2.3.C. English Law

Introductory note
3.E.24. High Court, Queen's Bench Division, Morriss v Marsden. agressive schizophrenic
3.E.25. Court of Appeal, Mullin v Richards. fencing with rulers

3.2.4. Grounds of Justification

@ 3.2.4.A. Statutory Duty, Authority or Permission (Additional Materials)

Introductory Note
3.F.26. Cass civ 2e, 10 June 1970, Caisse rég d'assur mut agric contre les accidents des Alpes-Maritimes v Follis. hot pursuit
3.E.27. House of Lords, Allen v Gulf Oil Refining Co Ltd. nuisance caused by oil refinery
3.G.28. BGH, 24 June 1953. denouncing enemies of the State

@ 3.2.4.B. Self Defence (Additional Materials)

Introductory Note
3.F.29. Cass civ 2e, 22 April 1992, Baumberger v Wadoux. three men in the night
3.E.30. Court of Appeal, Lane v Holloway. a savage blow
3.G.31. BGH, 23 September 1975. shot after a spring party

@ 3.2.4.C. Necessity (Additional Materials)

3.2.5. Comparative Overview

Unlawfulness
Culpability
Grounds of justification

3.3. Conduct of Public Authorities

3.3.1. English Law

Introductory Note
3.E.32. House of Lords, Barrett v Enfield London Borough Council. child in care of local authority
3.E.33. Privy Council, Yuen Kun Yeu v Attorney-General of Hong Kong. depositors losing money

3.3.2. German Law

3.3.2.A. State Liability based on Fault

@ 3.3.2.B. State Liability Not based on Fault (Additional Materials)

3.3.3. French Law

3.3.3.A. State Liability based on Fault

@ 3.3.3.B. State Liabilty Not based on Fault (Additional Materials)

Introductory Note
3.F.41. A de Laubadère, JC Venezia and Y Gaudemet, Traité de droit administratif
3.F.42. CÉ, 1 July 1977, Commune de Coggia. volunteer lifeguard
3.F.43. CÉ (plén), 9 April 1993, Bianchi. vertebral arteriography
3.F.44. CÉ, 13 May 1987, Aldebert. roadside lay-by

3.3.4. Belgian Law

3.3.5. Comparative Overview

Exercise of wide discretion
Legislative and judicial wrong
State liability not based on fault